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Miniature cattle

Breeds of small cattle

Breeds of small cattle

Miniature cattle are found in various parts of the world. Some, such as the Dexter of Ireland and the Vechur of Kerala, India, are traditional breeds; others have been created by selective breeding. The Australian Lowline was the unexpected result of a scientific experiment. Some, but not all, miniature breeds display achondroplasia, or dwarfism.

Compared to larger cattle, miniature cattle require less space and less feed, and may be easier to handle. They do less damage to pasture land, do not need such high or strong fencing, and do not produce as much methane.

Breeds

BreedOriginHeight/weightImageNotes
Achhamzebu, Achham District of Nepal
Australian Lowlinederived from Aberdeen Angus in Australia[[File:Lowline bull.jpg180px]]
Dextertraditional Irish breed[[File:Red Dexter Heffer.jpg180px]]
Kasagarodtraditional breed, Kerala, India[[File:Kasaragodu 01.JPG180px]]
Lagune or DahomeyBenin, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Togo[[File:Bos primigenius f taurus Dvur zoo 3.jpg180px]]
Miniature Texas LonghornUnited Statesnot over 115 cm
Miniature Zebumodern breed register, United States[[File:Miniature Zebu.jpg180px]]
MinivacaMexicoaboutdeveloped from the 1970s at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México in Mexico City by selective breeding of Indu-Brasil for small size.
NiataUruguay, Argentina; now extinct[[File:Niata cow, 1915.jpeg180px]]
Panda cowUnited States[[File:Mini Moo.jpg180px]]rare type of black-and-white belted miniature; in 2011 the total number world-wide was estimated at 24 head.
PunganurAndhra Pradesh, India[[File:Punganur bull.jpg180px]]
SombaBenin, Togo
Vechurtraditional breed, Kerala, Indiaabout 87 cm[[File:Vechur Cow.jpg180px]]

An American breeder, Richard Gradwohl, has developed eighteen different strains of miniature cattle. Miniature Galloway, Hereford and Holstein have been bred. In the United States, small zebuine cattle deriving from stock imported from Brazil, the Dominican Republic and Sweden may be registered as "Miniature Zebu"; in Australia, similar cattle may be known as "Nadudana". In the United States, Jersey cattle of the original island type may be known as "Miniature Jersey"; Jersey cows stand about and weigh some .

The Ethiopian Goffa and Guraghe breeds in the Abyssinian Shorthorned Zebu group are also small.

References

References

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  4. [http://dad.fao.org/cgi-bin/EfabisWeb.cgi?sid=0b1613ebf16355cf65f6a05b9a65fe25,reportsreport8a_50000521 Breed data sheet: Lowline/Australia]. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed February 2017.
  5. [http://dad.fao.org/cgi-bin/EfabisWeb.cgi?sid=0b1613ebf16355cf65f6a05b9a65fe25,reportsreport8a_502 Breed data sheet: Somba/Benin]. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed February 2017.
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